| Main Entry: | combatant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fighter |
Synonyms: |
adversary, antagonist, assailant, attacker, battler, belligerent, contender, enemy, foe, serviceman, soldier, warrior |
| Concept: | Combatant. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional Antagonism |
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combatant; disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent; competitor, rival, corrival; fighter, assailant; champion, Paladin; mosstrooper, swashbuckler, fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough., prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator, athlete, wrestler; fighting-cock, game-cock; ., warrior, soldier, fighting man, Amazon, man at arms, armigerent; campaigner, veteran; swordsman, sabreur, redcoat, military man, Rajput., armed force, troops, soldiery, military forces, sabaoth, the army, standing army, regulars, the line, troops of the line, militia, yeomanry, volunteers, trainband, fencible; auxiliary, bersagliere, brave; garde-nationale, garde-royale; minuteman [Am. Hist.]; auxiliary forces, reserve forces; reserves, posse comitatus, national guard, gendarme, beefeater; guards, guardsman; yeomen of the guard, life guards, household troops., janissary; myrmidon; Mama, Mameluke; spahee, spahi, Cossack, Croat, Pandoz; irregular, franctireur, tirailleur, bash-bazouk, guerilla, condottiere., mercenary; bushwhacker, free lance, companion; Hessian., levy, draught; Landwehr, Landsturm; conscript, recruit, cadet, raw levies., private, private soldier; Tommy Atkins, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy, legionnaire, legionary, food for powder; officer (commander); subaltern, ensign, standard bearer; spearman, pikeman; halberdier, lancer; musketeer, carabineer, rifleman, jager, sharpshooter, yager, skirmisher; grenadier, fusileer; archer, bowmann., horse and foot; horse soldier, foot soldier; cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, infantry, light horse, voltigeur, uhlan, mounted rifles, dragoon, hussar; light dragoon, heavy dragoon; heavy; cuirassier; Foot Guards, Horse Guards; gunner, cannoneer, bombardier, artilleryman, matross; sapper, sapper and miner; engineer; light infantry, rifles,chasseur, zouave; military train, coolie., army, corps d'armee, host, division, battalia, column, wing, detachment, garrison, flying column, brigade, regiment, corps, battalion, sotnia, squadron, company, platoon, battery, subdivision, section, squad; piquet, picket, guard, rank, file; legion, phalanx, cohort; cloud of skirmishers., war horse, charger, destrier., marine, man-of-war's man (sailor) [more]; navy, wooden walls, naval forces, fleet, flotilla, armada, squadron., man-of-war; armored cruiser, protected cruiser; destroyer; submarine; torpedo-boat, torpedo-destroyer; torpedo-catcher, war castle, H.M.S., Her/His Majesty's Ship; line of battle ship, ship of the line; ironclad, turret ship, ram, monitor, floating battery; first-rate, frigate, sloop of war, corvette, gunboat, bomb vessel; flagship, guard ship, cruiser; privateer;, tender; store ship, troop ship; transport, catamaran.
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| Main Entry: | contestant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | competitor |
Synonyms: |
adversary, antagonist, aspirant, battler, candidate, challenger, combatant, contender, contester, dark horse, disputant, entrant, favorite, hopeful, member, participant, player, rival, scrapper, team member, warrior |
| Main Entry: | fighter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person engaged in hostile encounter |
Synonyms: |
GI, aggressor, antagonist, assailant, battler, belligerent, boxer, brawler, bruiser, bully, champion, combatant, competitor, contender, contestant, disputant, duelist, gladiator, heavy*, jouster, mercenary, militant, opponent, person-at-arms, pugilist, punching bag, rival, scrapper, serviceperson, slugger, soldier, tanker, warlord, warrior, wildcat |
Antonyms: |
peacemaker |
| Main Entry: | hero/heroine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brave person; champion |
Synonyms: |
ace, adventurer, celebrity, combatant, conqueror, daredevil, demigod, diva, exemplar, gallant, god, goddess, great person, heavy, ideal, idol, lead, leading person, lion, martyr, model, paladin, person of the hour, popular figure, prima donna, principal, protagonist, saint, star, superstar, tin god, victor, worthy |
| Main Entry: | militant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who fights, is aggressive |
Synonyms: |
activist, belligerent, combatant, demonstrator, fighter, objector, partisan, protester, rioter, warrior |
| Main Entry: | military |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soldierlike; concerning the armed forces |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, armed, army, combatant, combative, fighting, martial, militant, militaristic, noncivil, soldierly, warlike, warmongering |
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civilian |
| Main Entry: | protagonist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who takes the lead; central figure of narrative |
Synonyms: |
advocate, central character, champion, combatant, exemplar, exponent, hero, idol, lead, lead character, leader, mainstay, prime mover, principal, standard-bearer, warrior |
| Notes: | protagonist is Greek for 'first (important) actor' or 'first struggler' and by extension is used for a person who drives the action in a situation or is the main character in a literary work; the protagonist is the hero or heroine and an antagonist is his/her principal opponent |
Antonyms: |
antagonist |
| Main Entry: | rival |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposing |
Synonyms: |
battling, combatant, combating, competing, competitive, conflicting, contending, contesting, cutthroat, disputing, emulating, emulous, equal, opposed, striving, vying |
Antonyms: |
assisting, associate, supporting |
| Main Entry: | side |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opposing person or view |
Synonyms: |
behalf, belligerent, camp, cause, combatant, competition, contestant, crew, enemy, faction, foe, interest, part, party, rival, sect, team |